Heat tape malfunction. Hoping our girl isn't fried..

[angllady2]

The video shows almost identical symptoms to my het pied boy, but where it is just her head and neck, his whole body is like that. That is, at least to my knowledge and experience, heat related damage, just like my het pied has. The good news is, her's is not so extreme that she should not be able to function normally given some time. If the damage is permanent, and it will take time before you know, once she adjust to how her body now functions, she should be just fine. There is even the possibility she may be able to breed eventually.

As best I can tell, with my admittedly limited experience, this is way harder for us to deal with than it is them. My Aries, the little het pied who is so badly damaged, is very strong willed. Even though his poor body won't obey him, he doesn't let it slow him down. The older he gets, the more he learns to adjust for the way his body works and the easier it becomes for him to do things. Granted, he never does anything that looks even remotely like something a "normal" ball python does, I firmly believe he does not see himself as handicapped. His fighting spirit and determination are so amazing to see. I know many people would put him down because he is so badly damaged, but how can i when he fights so hard?

Perhaps I can get my husband to take a little video of him, so you can see what I mean. Your girl has some brain damage, of that I am sure, but I don't think it will affect her much at all. Given a little time, she will overcome most of it, even if the symptoms don't improve on their own. Aries is testimony to that.

Gale